Licensure (Yes/No)
No
Registration (Yes/No)
Yes
Regulation (Yes/No)
Yes
Categories
N/A
Requirements
Must Register with the Department of Aging and Disabilities
Length
Must register annually
Cost of License
Free
Possible Penalties & Grievance Process
Grievance is either through RID, the Department of Aging and Disabilities or Disability Rights Connecticut
Board/Agency
(a) The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing shall consist of the following sixteen members appointed by the Governor:
(1) The consultant appointed by the State Board of Education in accordance with section 10-316a, or the consultant’s designee;
(2) the president of the Connecticut Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, or the president’s designee;
(3) the president of the Connecticut Association of the Deaf, or the president’s designee;
(4) the president of the Connecticut Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or the president’s designee;
(5) the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, or the commissioner’s designee;
(6) the executive director of the American School for the Deaf, or the executive director’s designee;
(7) a parent of a student in a predominantly oral education program;
(8) a parent of a student at the American School for the Deaf;
(9) a person who is deaf; (10) a person who is hard of hearing; (11) a person who is deaf and blind;
(12) an interpreting professional who serves deaf or hard of hearing persons;
(13) a healthcare professional who works with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing;
(14) the Governor’s liaison to the disability community;
(15) an educator who works with children who are deaf or hard of hearing; and
(16) the director of the Connecticut Chapter of We the Deaf People. The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, the Governor’s liaison to the disability community and a member chosen by the majority of the board shall be the chairpersons of the advisory board.